The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-04-08

INSTEAD of horse racing, Paris is
excited over foot race.
SAN ANGELO has received sixty.
seven bags Of wool this season.
ONE of the worst things in the
world to invest in is the wrong horse.
SHERMAN and Blaine are cautiously
nursing their young presidential boom
lets.
WHEN Judge Reagan's foot slipped
and he feel from his horse the senator
ial bee was again heard in the land.
THE legislature sat down upon the
editors and surveyors, leaving us with
a bad libel law and without a good
geological survey statute.
A CROWD of drunken young men
attacked n patent medicine show at
Tyler with old eggs and free fight
ensued in which Ed. King received in
iuries supposed to be fatal.
THE Houston g. Texas Central road
has been wonderfully improved by the
receivers. Receivers are good for the
average Texas railroad and for the
average courts and cattle along its
line.
JIG WoorERs, Of Crockett. another
of the True Blues Executive Commit
tee. is a merchant and if he is not a
dealer in the ardent, dollars to dough-
nuts that he throws his weight Cor dry
He is that sort of man.
Col. w. :. HERNDoN and Hon. T..
r. Bonnor,., of Tyler, are prohibitions
Democrats who will meet Gibbs and
Mills in their own respective terrific
ries. and make it warm for the ass
umptious Democracy.
ARENsDoRF, who is so nearly proved
guilty of the assassination Of Rev. Mr..
Haddock for his work in favor of pro-
hibition in Iowa, is now making a
desperate effort TO prove an alibi. An
abb is generally the last resort in des'
perate cases.
SOME of the Democratic papers OBJ
iect TO the name of the self-styled True
Blues. The HERALD is one which
does not object, but thinks the appro-
priaieness of the name will be more
appreciated about August 5ih and 9th
for truer blucr crowd il will then be
hard to find.
The Bolton journal is a solid and
able Democratic paper, and il takes a
glance INTO the future two years hence:
There is some talk of Coz. Ross sue
ceeding Richard Coke in congress.
This is improbable for two reasons:
The two men are warm personal and
political friends, and Coke is certain to
be re elected.
THE HERALD believes the True
Blues have mistaken their men in both
Robert Holman, of Graham, and VIM.
Capps, of Fort Worth, members of
their executive committee. They are
very apt to follow the example OF Bal
", of Greenvillc, and throw their
influence for the amendment Wen
see.
THE Montgomery Advertiser stops
10 observe: "Wc haven't had our say
vet about the tavern episode in Birm'
inoham and We want TO say il. Mr.
Cowan was right. John Sherman did
all he could to defeat Matthews fol-
register of deeds in Washington. lie
ought not TO be allowed to hit Niger
on the head in Washington and sit OF
n white mans sofa with him in Birm
ingham."
THE Waco Examiner observes: "Th'
DALLAS HERALD calls Barney the art
full dodger' There, nowl Let sin
the lcashes. Turn the dogs loosel Lc
the battle proceed" The HERALD Il
curious TO see how Hon. Barney cal
dodge the missive from the pen Of DIR
Carroll published in the HERALD TO
dav. Our distinguished citizen and
statesman is able and energetic, and
CAPABLE of doing almost anything hs
NAV undertake; but The how" Is the
interesting point